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    was influenced by a Berlin native, Herbert Marcuse. Davis’ friends she made while in Germany were active in social groups influencing her to participate and the formation on the Black Panther Party along with Marcuse moving to the states for a job swayed Davis to return home. She became affiliated with the Black Panthers Party and known as a feminist. Her activism utterly affected her career as a professor at the University of California. In a time period after school Angela Davis became highly…

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    Everyday Use by Alice Walker uses irony to portray the difference between two distinct generations and their opposing views on their heritage. The main characters in the short story are Mama, Dee, and Maggie. Mama occupies an older generation who is more in touch with their heritage following a simplistic life style, whereas Dee is part of the counterculture movement during the 1970’s, fighting for the rights of black American’s and the change she feels they deserve. Dee is a first generation…

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    March 7, 1965, has been named in history as Bloody Sunday for the tragic and important event in the Civil Rights Movement. On this Sunday in Selma, Alabama, around 525 African Americans gathered at Browns Chapel in order to march for their right to vote. They planned to march from Browns Chapel in Selma to Montgomery which is an at least a fifty mile march. The marchers were trying to go to Montgomery in order to see Governor Wallace. They wanted to tell him that they wanted the right to…

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    opinions. Because of these on going issues, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was formed in 1966. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (later dropped ‘ for Self-Defense’) were considered the voice of those oppressed during this period of time (Trueman). Initially, the Black Panther Party was formed to help protect local communities from police brutality and racism (Duncan). As a result of blacks being marginalized their entire life, the Black Panther Party was formed and have influenced many…

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    The black panther is one of the most ferocious and intelligent creatures inhabiting the Earth. They are classified as members of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae, genus Panthera, and various species. Their scientific names include Panthera pardus and Panthera onca. The black panther has been so widely popularized that its name is shared by a National Football League team, a Marvel superhero, and countless other entities. Despite its…

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    kill my soul. My soul will live forever!” (Pearson, H) Though the majority of us may not recognize the name of Huey P. Newton with the passage of time, we feel the consequences of his actions to this day, responsible for the founding of the Black Panther Party and its community-oriented actions. And though his death may have been a heated confrontation over drug use, his image is imprinted in the souls of those who befriended him, described by Father Earl Neil as the modern Moses in a…

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    wave of social movements, ranging from gay rights to latino problems. These movements all sought for change and got backlash from not only other groups of people, but from the government itself. From all of the movements during this time, the Black Panther Movement experienced the harshest response from the government. The movement began for the advocacy for a black history class to be taught in Merritt College, however, it truly sparked in response to Malcolm X’s assassination and the killing…

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    have gotten in the habit of making movies based upon the past and the negativity it may have caused. Well recently disney made a movie called “ Black Panthers” it is a great action movie but it’s not what the “Black Panthers” movement was about. A currently today political activist Robert George a.k.a “ Bobby” Seale is the co-founder of the black panthers. Currently 81, he was born October 22, 1936, and graduated from Merritt college. While attending college, he joined the Afro-American…

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    In 1996, Bobby Seale alongside Huey Newton became one of two co-founders of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) in Oakland, California. The FBI presented the group as a terrorist or hate group, and made part of the mission of the organization to destroy the BPP, even though the BPP was nowhere near being as violent a threat. In his book Seize the Time, Seale wrote of the group’s victories and downfalls, including how the FBI exaggerated the nefariousness of the group and deceived the…

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    German Tank During WWII Hi, I'm Benjamin o. Davis. I am a brigadier general in the us army. What are tanks. Here are a few tanks to help you learn about them. Panther I tank made in 1944.what a weird name for a tank, it doesn't even sound like a panther.[pause for laughter] The armor was .4 to 4.75 inches. Their primary was a Borsig 1 X 7.5 cm. Kwk 42L/70 and their backup was 2 X 7.92mm Maschinengewehr 34 machine guns. The Panther I was produced in mass, but not overly produced. unlike us while…

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